Rail-tie.



. .PATENTED MAY 31, 190A.

I No. 761,323.

c. A. RBDINGER.

RAIL TIE. APPLICATION PILED'IBB. 18. 19,04.

' N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented may 31, 1904.

CHARLES REDINGER, or WALNUT, INDIANA.-

RAIL-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,323, dated May 31,1904. Application filed February 18,1904. Serial No. 194,159. (Nomodel.)

Ta c/l7, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GHARLEs A. REDINGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Walnut, in the county of Marshall and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Ties, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a metallic railway-tieof suchcharacter that while possessing all of the advantages of that type oftie will nevertheless afford for the rails the same elastic supportoiferedby Wooden ties, the arrangement being'such that the pillow-blocksmay be readilyremoved and replaced Without disturbing the main body ofthe tie, and therefore without unsettling the ballast of the road-bed orinvolving the relaying of the ties.

' The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. 1

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a tie with attached rails. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of a Fig. 3 is a similar View of another modification, andFig. 4 a detail sectional view. y I In Fig. 1 of the drawings, 1Qindicates the main metallic channel-body of *the tie. Se-

I cured to the main body at each end is a pair of metallic loops 1'1 11,the upper member 12 of each extending across the channel and lyingsubstantially parallel with theweb.

The member 12 is cut away along its inner edge to form a space 13, andthus leaving at each end a projection 14:, adapted to engage the base ofthe rail. The loops may be braced against lateral displacement bybroadening 'the bases, as shown 'in the drawings, or by means ofbracessuitably attached. They are shown as'secured by rivets 20.The'dimensions .of the space between the main body and the loops is suchthat a pillow-block 15 may be inserted therein. The rail 16 is then --InFig. 2 the parts are similar except that the main body is a simple sheetor strip of metal 10.

In Fig. 3 I have showna form which can be made from old rails. Here themain body 10 is made of the base and web of worn rails, the head beingremoved and rolled into short channel-pieces 18, suitably attached tothe top of the T of the main body. The loops 11 and the" remainingportions are as in Fig. 1. The main body10 may be formed of the wholerail, if desired, and the channels 18 attached, as will be readilyunderstood.

It will be noticed that-the rails are supported on the elasticpillow-blocks, yet they are positively tied together by the metallicmain body. In case a pillow-block becomes worn the spikes may bewithdrawn and the pillow-block removed and a new one substituted withoutdisturbing the setting of the main body of the tie in. the road-bed. The

pairs of loops 11 may be integral, with a sufficient amount removedfromthe upper member to receive the rail and the spikes.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with a metallic tie, of apair of loops secured to said tie at each end and extending thereover,said loops'being arranged to form a receptacle for a pillow-block and toreceive a rail therebetween.

2. The combination, in a metallic tie, of a channeled body, and a pairof loops secured secured thereto formedto hold the rails against lateraldisplacement, and having openings through which the spikes may pass,pillowblocks secured within said pockets and upon the main body, therails, and spikes entering said pillow-blocks and holding the railsthereto and said rails being also supported by the adjacent edges of thepocket structures.

5. The combination, in a metallic tie, of a main tie member, a pair ofpillow-block and rail holders at each end of the main tie memberarranged the Width of a rail-foot apart whereby when a rail is placedtherebetween it is held from lateral displacementand whereinpillow-blocks may also be secured, said pil-

